- Chart history
- See also
{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1986}}These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that have reached number one in 1986. Chart history| Issue date | Album | Artist | | January 4 | In Square Circle | Stevie Wonder | | January 11 | In Square Circle | Stevie Wonder | | January 18 | In Square Circle | Stevie Wonder | | January 25 | In Square Circle | Stevie Wonder | | February 1 | Promise | Sade | | February 8 | Promise | Sade | | February 15 | Promise | Sade | | February 22 | Promise | Sade | | March 1 | Promise | Sade | | March 8 | Promise | Sade | | March 15 | Promise | Sade | | March 22 | Promise | Sade | | March 29 | Promise | Sade | | April 5 | Promise | Sade | | April 12 | Promise | Sade | | April 19 | Control | Janet Jackson | | April 26 | Control | Janet Jackson | | May 3 | Control | Janet Jackson | | May 10 | Control | Janet Jackson | | May 17 | Control | Janet Jackson | | May 24 | Control | Janet Jackson | | May 31 | Control | Janet Jackson | | June 7 | Control | Janet Jackson | | June 14 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | | June 21 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | | June 28 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | | July 5 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | | July 12 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | | July 19 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | | July 26 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | | August 2 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | | August 9 | Love Zone | Billy Ocean | | August 16 | Raising Hell | Run–D.M.C. | | August 23 | Raising Hell | Run–D.M.C. | | August 30 | Raising Hell | Run–D.M.C. | | September 6 | Raising Hell | Run–D.M.C. | | September 13 | Raising Hell | Run–D.M.C. | | September 20 | Rapture | Anita Baker | | September 27 | Raising Hell | Run–D.M.C. | | October 4 | Rapture | Anita Baker | | October 11 | Raising Hell | Run–D.M.C. | | October 18 | Rapture | Anita Baker | | October 25 | Word Up! | Cameo | | November 1 | Word Up! | Cameo | | November 8 | Word Up! | Cameo | | November 15 | Word Up! | Cameo | | November 22 | Word Up! | Cameo | | November 29 | Give Me the Reason | Luther Vandross | | December 6 | Just Like the First Time | Freddie Jackson | | December 13 | Just Like the First Time | Freddie Jackson | | December 20 | Just Like the First Time | Freddie Jackson | | December 27 | Just Like the First Time | Freddie Jackson | |
See also- 1986 in music
- R&B number-one hits of 1986 (USA)
{{US R&B Albums}}{{DEFAULTSORT:List of number-one RandB albums of 1986 (U.S.)}} 1 : Lists of number-one R&B albums in the United States |